Yeah. They need to come back too. Most of the trolls went back to being reddiots. The participation their has been on a hard downward trend since defederating. There are less than 500 per day on there now most days.
Doesn’t matter if they’re dead and their core supporters get discouraged. They are a lot of posts that are just by a dozen or so people with little engagement. That is not sustainable.
Beehaw’s been around for like 2 years. They’ve specifically designed their instance to be a small, heavily moderated community. If anything, the massive growth they were getting a month ago was unsustainable with their existing ethos.